Starter Jackson Cox dominates over career-high seven innings; Spokane Indians down Tri-City 4-2 in series opener
May 5—After a rough couple of weeks on the road, Spokane Indians manager Tom Sutaris said what everyone on the team was feeling on Tuesday. "It's like Dorothy said : There's no place like home," Sutaris declared. It helps when your starting pitcher is dominant — and goes deep in the game.
Jackson Cox struck out nine over seven innings, and the Spokane Indians beat the Tri-City Dust Devils 4-2 in the opener of a six-game High-A Northwest League series at Avista Stadium on Tuesday. It was the team's second "Education Day" game of the season, with several hundred screaming elementary school kids — and their chaperons — packing the bleachers for the sun-drenched day game. "It's good to be back here in front of our crowd," Sutaris said.
"Great crowd today, and the boys just needed a reprieve and a day off. And I like the way they played today, and we'll keep moving forward. " The Indians (10-18) lost five of six games in Eugene last week and nine of 12 on the two-week road trip.
"It's always good, you know, to set the tone at the start of a series," outfielder Max Belyeu said. "Get that first one, it's big. And we'll keep bringing it tomorrow.
" "It doesn't matter how long you play this game, you're always going to have struggles," Sutaris said. "This isn't a game you just figure out someday. I think the process is what we really have to focus on, because it's a long season and it's a long career, hopefully, and that it's always going to come back to the process.
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